Ancient History Competition 38

constantinakatsari October 1, 2010 Ancient History Competition

As if marrying her brother was not bad enough, this queen also married her other brother later! Who was she?

By constantinakatsari
Economic historian and numismatic consultant

4 Comments

  1. rwmg October 1, 2010, 9:20 am Reply

    Cleopatra VII married her brothers Ptolemy XIII and XIV

  2. judith weingarten October 1, 2010, 12:00 pm Reply

    And don’t forget Arsinoe II who married a half-brother and then a full-brother (OK, that’s cheating).

  3. Manolis October 1, 2010, 5:01 pm Reply

    To be honest, I had Arsinoe II in mind. And it’s not cheating! The question didn’t specify what kind of brother she married! I just thought that Cleopatra would be too obvious. (As far as I know there is no movie about Arsinoe!)

  4. judith weingarten October 1, 2010, 5:16 pm Reply

    Maybe not cheating :-) but I was prepared: I recently wrote a two-part post about Arsinoe II on my blog: http://judithweingarten.blogspot.com/2010/08/uppity-queen-arsinoe-ii.html
    and http://judithweingarten.blogspot.com/2010/08/uppity-queen-arsinoe-ii-part-ii.html

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